Branch No. 34
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LAST NUMBER USED:31
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1 UNKNOWN (1) LATTA,
Born____ Died_____ Married______.
Lived at "Millarstown Farm" Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Had at least one child:
2 JOHN (2).
2 JOHN (2) LATTA,
____ (1). Born and died at "Millarstown Farm,"
Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Married Wife Unknown. Died at Glasgow. Had at least six children:
3 PETER (3).
10 JAMES (3) b. at Ayrshire, Scotland. Went on road,
probably to America.
4 JOHN (3).
11 WILLIAM (3) b. at Ayrshire, Scotland. One of the heads of
famous Coats Thread
Mill, Paisley, Scotland, where he died in the early 60's. No family.
12 ANN (3) m. Dead; no family.
13 MARY (3) d. of old age; not married.
3 PETER (3) LATTA,
John (2) ____ (1). Born Ayrshire, Scotland.
Married: Mary Smith. She died after
confinement about 35 years of age. He was wholesale dealer in teas, sugar, etc.
in Glasgow,
Scotland. Five children:
5 JOHN (4).
14 PETER (4) b. Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in infancy.
15 WILLIAM (4) b. Ayrshire, Scotland; d. on West Coast of Africa.
Single.
16 JANE (4) lived and died in Ayrshire, Scotland. Born in
Ayrshire. Married twice:
James Hutton and William Anderson. No children.
17 MARY (4) b. in Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in infancy.
4 JOHN (3) LATTA
John (2) ____ (1). Born in Ayrshire, Scotland; d. in
Glasgow, Scotland in 1868. Went to
Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. and there married Miss Mair, daughter of an extensive
manufacturer of Philadelphia. Had four children:
6 JAMES (4).
18 BETHEA (4) b. in Philadelphia, Pa. Went to Scotland
with brother James. Died
in Scotland.
19 ROBERT (4) nothing is known of him.
7 THOMAS (4).
5 JOHN (4) LATTA
Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Glasgow, Scotland
August 12, 1843; d. November 6,
1929 at Langley, B.C. Canada. Married Frances Elizabeth McCullough of Tyllyston
House,
Finea, West Meath, Ireland in 1878. She was born in 1856 and died of valvular
heart trouble at
Vancouver, B.C. Canada September 13, 1909, aged about 53 years. He was a tea
merchant in
Glasgow, Scotland until about 1889. Lived for many years at Marchfield Cottage,
New
Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Moved with his family in May, 1890, to
Vancouver, B.C. Canada,
and opened general store at Port Kells on the Fraser River; after about six years in
business retired
to a farm at Kangley, B.C. and was living there in 1910. Six children:
8 WILLIAM SMITH (5).
9 JOHN (5).
20 FRANCIS JAMES McCULLOUGH (5) b. March 20, 1884 at
Marchfield Cottage,
New Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. Canada
with his
parents. In 1910 farmer at Bulkley Valley, B.C. He died of cancer
September 1915.
21 ROBERT PETER (5) b. January 30, 1886 at Marchfield
Cottage, New Prestwick,
Ayrshire, Scotland. In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. with his parents.
In 1910 printer
(R.P. Latta & Co.) at Vancouver, B.C. Killed at the battle of ......, Belgium
April 23, 1915.
Lieut. 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War.
22 HENRY BLANDFORD (5) b. February 13, 1888 at Marchfield
Cottage, New
Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. In May 1890 went to Vancouver, B.C. with his
parents. In 1910
farmer at Bulkley, Valley, B.C. In 1931 at Kelowna, B.C. Canada.
23 EDWARD FRASER (5) b. at Port Kells, B.C. Canada January
1, 1892. In 1910
lived at Fairfield, Spokane Co., Wash. U.S.A. Printer. In 1931 lived at
No. Vancouver, B.C.
6 JAMES (4) LATTA,
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
January 17, 1849; m. ____. Had
children. Family all dead in 1908. Went to Scotland when a young man, and
spent several years in the tea business with John, son of Peter. Later returned
to America. In 1908 druggist at Wilson, Kan.
24 ____ (5).
25 ____ (5).
7 THOMAS (4) LATTA,
John (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born in Glasgow, Scotland
in 1839; m. and had at least one
daughter. Both living in 1908.
26 ____ (5).
8 WILLIAM SMITH (5) LATTA,
John (4) Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born Marchfield
Cottage, New Prestwick, Ayrshire,
Scotland, April 14, 1879; m. Martha Ann Sayer of New Westminster, B.C. She was
born at West
Harlepool, Yorkshire, England February 13, 1884. In 1890 went with his parents
to Vancouver,
B.C. For five years with W.H. Malkin Co. wholesale grocers, Vancouver, B.C.
In 1910 business
manager, R.P. Latta & Co. printers, Vancouver, B.C. he served four years
1814-1818 in the
World War in the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Promoted to
Lieutenant in command of battalion August 1, 1917. Awarded Distinguished
Service Order and
two bars. Severely wounded at Battle of Armiens, France August 9, 1918.
Discharged from
army June 1, 1919. Then entered the Provincial Government Service at Director
of the Land
Settlement Board and served for twelve years. Retired August 1932. Living
at Victoria, B.C.
Children:
27 WILLIAM SAYER (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. October
19, 1909. Forestry
engineer. Obtained degree Bachelor of Science in 1931.
28 JOHN BLANDFORD (6) b. August 6, 1914.
29 FRANCIS ROBERT (6) b. August 8, 1924. In 1937
this family lived at ____ Delhousie
St., Victoria, B.C.
9 JOHN F. (5) LATTA,
John (4) Peter (3) John (2) ____ (1). Born Marchfield
Cottage, New Prestwick, Ayrshire,
Scotland April 14, 1881; m. Christina Munro MacKenzie September 15, 1909. She
was born at
New Westminster, B.C., Canada March 22, 1884. He came to America with his
parents in May
1890. He settled at Vancouver, B.C. Mechanical engineer. In 1910 partner
in McEwen & Latta,
timber lands and real estate, at Vancouver. In 1937 partner in Murray & Latta,
machinists, at
Vancouver at 6811 Cypress Street, Vancouver, B.C. Children:
30 FRANCES MAY (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. November 23,
1910.
31 MARION ISOBEL (6) b. at Vancouver, B.C. October 22,
1914; d. February 24,
1923.
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The records of this family are all to be found in the Parish
Churches at Mauchline,
Schiltree, and Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland. The crest of the family can be
had from any of the
leading stationers of Glasgow.--5 John Latta. He also said that a certain Judge
Latta, S.S.C.
every eminent judge who resided in Edinburgh, Scotland, in his time, had collected a
large amount
of information about the Latta family. I wrote to Judge Latta in 1931 but the
letter was returned,
unknown.
November 29, 1937 wrote to 9 John F. Latta and asked him to
get the address of Judge
Latta of Edinburgh, Scotland, mentioned above. Or some of his descendants.